Bernard Bragg
...professional deaf actor in the original National Theatre of the Deaf, which he helped establish in 1967. Bernard Bragg is in the world theatre of the deaf. Many people know him as "B.B." He has been in background in show business and most everyone in the theatre knows what B.B. stands for. Bernard Bragg was a child of deaf parents. Bernard was born in Brooklyn, NY. on September 27, 1928. His father, Wolf Bragg, was a talented actor who had been in a deaf amateur theatrical group. At that time, there was no deaf professional theatre. Bernard loved education. His intelligence and creative imagination helped him to be a fine actor. He helped the Dramatics Club and played the leading role in many of its productions in New York School for the Deaf--White Plains. On his graduation day in 1947, he stood on center stage with his eloquent rendition...